{"id":1,"date":"2006-08-01T22:08:16","date_gmt":"2006-08-01T22:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johnfreeborn.com\/2011\/?p=1"},"modified":"2012-07-11T20:41:28","modified_gmt":"2012-07-11T20:41:28","slug":"skatefall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnfreeborn.com\/2011\/2006\/08\/01\/skatefall\/","title":{"rendered":"Skatefall!: Flash + Atari + Skateboarding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Skatefall! is an homage to David Crane\u2019s Pitfall, the hit Atari 2600 game by Activision from 1982. Skatefall! merges the fundamental gameplay of the original and mashes it up with skateboarding. This flash game was a labor of love and took many months of \u201cfree time\u201d to create. Once the game was released it bacame an immediate web hit. Wired, Kotaku, PCWorld and many more sites posted and raved about the game.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Skatefall!\" href=\"http:\/\/skatefall.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-39\" title=\"Skatefall! screen shot\" src=\"http:\/\/www.johnfreeborn.com\/2011\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/skatefall_03.jpg\"  alt=\"\" width=\"650\" \/ rel=\"lightbox\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.johnfreeborn.com\/2011\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/skatefall_03.jpg 549w, https:\/\/www.johnfreeborn.com\/2011\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/skatefall_03-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Skatefall!\" href=\"http:\/\/skatefall.com\">Play Skatefall! now.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnfreeborn.com\/2011\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/skatefall_01.jpg\"  rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-37\" title=\"Skatefall! Box Art\" src=\"http:\/\/www.johnfreeborn.com\/2011\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/skatefall_01-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Skatefall! screen shots\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnfreeborn.com\/2011\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/skatefall_02.jpg\"  rel=\"lightbox\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-38\" title=\"Skatefall! screen shots\" src=\"http:\/\/www.johnfreeborn.com\/2011\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/skatefall_02-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnfreeborn.com\/2011\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/skatefall_04.jpg\"  rel=\"lightbox\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-40\" title=\"Skatefall! screen shot\" src=\"http:\/\/www.johnfreeborn.com\/2011\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/skatefall_04-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/> <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnfreeborn.com\/2011\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/skatefall_05.jpg\"  rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-41\" title=\"Skatefall! screen shot\" src=\"http:\/\/www.johnfreeborn.com\/2011\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/skatefall_05-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnfreeborn.com\/2011\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/skatefall_06.jpg\"  rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-42\" title=\"Skatefall! press on Wired.com\" src=\"http:\/\/www.johnfreeborn.com\/2011\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/skatefall_06-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnfreeborn.com\/2011\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/skatefall_07.jpg\"  rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-43\" title=\"Skatefall! Press on PCWorld\" src=\"http:\/\/www.johnfreeborn.com\/2011\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/skatefall_07-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/> <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnfreeborn.com\/2011\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/skatefall_08.jpg\"  rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-44\" title=\"Skatefall! Press on Kotaku.com\" src=\"http:\/\/www.johnfreeborn.com\/2011\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/skatefall_08-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/> <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnfreeborn.com\/2011\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/skatefall_09.jpg\"  rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-45\" title=\"Japanese Skatefall! Press\" src=\"http:\/\/www.johnfreeborn.com\/2011\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/skatefall_09-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/> <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnfreeborn.com\/2011\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/skatefall_10.jpg\"  rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-46\" title=\"Skatefall! buttons\" src=\"http:\/\/www.johnfreeborn.com\/2011\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/skatefall_10-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skatefall! is an homage to David Crane\u2019s Pitfall, the hit Atari 2600 game by Activision from 1982. 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